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Biagio Stapane, head chef at San Carlo, has been in touch with a couple of recipes for Shrove Tuesday. If you're bored of the Jif lemon and sugar combo, and want to get creative with your crêpes this year, take a look at his suggestions.
Pancake Day is a big deal in Italy. The days leading up to Shrove Tuesday are a time of merry-making, masquerade processions, singing, dancing, fireworks and outdoor feasts. They call it 'Carnevale' and like every other holiday in Italy, there are traditional foods and 'dolci' (desserts) associated with it.
Biagio has sent us a delicious-sounding recipe for pancakes with chocolate, almonds raspberry coulis and cherry brandy, and one for a savoury pancake featuring courgettes, tomato sauce and pecorino cheese. Pancakes followed by pancakes – yes please.
Crespelle con cioccolato mandorlé
Serves four
Ingredients:
350g/12oz plain flour
pinch of salt
2 tbsp caster sugar
½ tsp baking powder
2 free-range eggs
375ml/13fl oz milk
2 tbsp melted butter, plus extra for frying
¼ cup of almonds (optional)
1 tbsp of cocoa
For the raspberry coulis
Raspberries
Caster sugar, to taste
2 tsp cherry brandy (optional)
Icing sugar, to serve
To serve:
Chocolate sauce, raspberries, vanilla ice cream, almonds.
Cooking time: approx 15 minutes
Crespelle con zucchini
Serves two
Ingredients:
55g/2oz plain flour
pinch of salt
2 free-range eggs
4 tbsp milk
2½ grated courgettes
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp grated pecorino cheese
To serve:
Tomato sauce and grated pecorino
For the tomato sauce
2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
400g/14oz can chopped tomatoes
splash balsamic vinegar
salt and freshly ground black pepper
Cooking time: Less than 10 minutes
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